“He was involved in a lot of the good work we had today and he’s unfortunate not to have scored more. He’s created a number of opportunities and his all-round performance was top class, but it was a team performance.

“I said before the game that I wanted to have men out there today. We’ve got a lot of boys, because of their ages, but a lot of them stood up to the test and they did really well today.”

Plymouth return to Home Park in search of a fourth successive Sky Bet League 2 victory this weekend, and host south coast neighbours Exeter City.